Box Score: The power of SSX compels two studios to evolve online gaming

Box Score is a weekly column that offers a look at sports games and the athletic side of the industry from the perspective of veteran reviewer and sports fan Richard Grisham. “Oh #$&@!” That was Todd Batty’s initial reaction to the revolutionary Autolog feature in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. At that moment, Todd and his team at EA Sports were knee-deep in building the next generation of SSX. As the